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Referee's report by William Hallowes Miller, on a paper 'Experimental researches to determine the density of steam at different temperatures, and to determine the law of expansions of superheated steam' by William Fairbairn and Thomas Tate

Reference number: RR/4/92

Date: 1860

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Does not mention whether the paper should be published or not, offers modifications.

Subject: Physics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1860].

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RR/4/92
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1860
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Report on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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William Hallowes Miller, Referee's report by William Hallowes Miller, on a paper 'Experimental researches to determine the density of steam at different temperatures, and to determine the law of expansions of superheated steam' by William Fairbairn and Thomas Tate, 1860, RR/4/92, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_4_92/referees-report-by-william-hallowes-miller-on-a-paper-experimental-researches-to-determine-the-density-of-steam-at-different-temperatures-and-to-determine-the-law-of-expansions-of-superheated-steam-by-william-fairbairn-and-thomas-tate, accessed on 17 January 2025

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